Terry Richardson has shoved and screwed and thumbs up’d his way to the peak of Dirtbag Mountain. The photographer, whose style could charitably be referred to as “underage cocaine hipster,” was dropped by Vogue over a text message he allegedly sent to model Emma Appleton.

“The last assignment Terry Richardson had for US Vogue appeared in the July 2010 issue and we have no plans to work with him in the future,” Hildy Kuryk, communications director for US Vogue told TheWrap on Sunday. (Via)

It’s since been deleted, though not before Appleton made some odd comments on Twitter.

Inquiries to Richardson from TheWrap were not immediately returned. However, Candice Marks, a spokesperson for Richardson, told Buzzfeed, “This is obviously a fake. Terry did not send this text.”

Appleton, who uploaded a screen grab of the message to Twitter on Sunday afternoon, told Buzzfeed that it came from Richardson’s Facebook account. But she later deleted her tweet, saying she didn’t want “abuse or attention.” Then she tweeted, “beginning to wish I hadn’t posted that… it doesn’t matter who you are or what the industry is, just be a decent human being.” She followed it up with a tweet saying, “The fact people think this is acceptable blows my fu–ing mind. See ya.” Then she deleted her Twitter account.

“Then she deleted her Twitter account” is the 21st century’s answer to “the end.” Anyway, Richardson is already facing a level of not anger not felt since Brooklyn record stores ran out of F*ck Buttons on vinyl, but at least he’s got his collection of ironic glasses to keep him warm.

US Vogue may not use him but there are a lot of other Vogue’s out there that will use him. Not to mention other magazines and hipster celebrities that will demand him. He’s reprehensible, but he’s not going anywhere anytime soon.

I really don’t understand the appeal. As someone who flirted with serious, if amatuer, photography for many years I don’t see what he’s doing as even remotely good. Its just what you said, overexposed and dead-on.

Don’t remember where I read it, but I believe his fame comes from family celebrity. Like, this guy literally is the textbook example of rich famous parents who worked their asses off, and he was “artsy” of course and wanting to do what he wanted. So the parents made sure he got into the spotlight under “his terms”.

Article also said that he’s been a creep since even before he got rich and famous from his “job”. But for whatever reason, the fashion world just turns a blind eye to it.

vogue didn’t say they wouldn’t use him, they said they had no current plans to use him, there’s not that small of a difference there. plus the chick deleted the post, then deleted her twitter account, which is code for i totally fucked up and didn’t realize that accusing someone of sending a message online is tantamount to the telephone game and cannot possibly be proven. eyerolls all around.

Terry Richardson and and perv designer Marc Jacobs are long-time friends. They support each other and sexual harassment in fashion. Jacobs got many well-paying contracts for Richardson. Jacobs controls many celebrities through Richardson. I’ve read the story of a Hungarian girl, who claims Marc Jacobs harassed her and stole her ideas. She says Jacobs has been stalking her since she was 16 years old. She wrote many details and posted photos on her blog. Here is her story: [goo.gl]

Well, nothing of value was lost, as they say; but that text is kinda unbelievable for me. Even if you are the kind of mondo creep that Richardson supposedly is, would you really be that brazen about it? Maybe the idea behind doing it from the Facebook account is so he can pretend his account was compromised and someone else sent that message. Maybe that actually happened, even; although, for a hacker to single-out this model no one’s ever heard of seems unlikely.

Either he is completely unaware of how he looks when he does his signature “creepy grin, wide-eyed, thumbs up” thing or he is totally aware of how creepy it makes him look and he is completely comfortable with it. He probably even believes it is one of his finer qualities.
I don’t know which scenario is worse.